Non-lethal projectiles for delivering an inhibiting substance to a living target

a projectile and inhibiting substance technology, applied in the field of non-lethal projectile systems, can solve the problems of increasing the risk that a criminal will be surrounded or in close proximity to innocent persons by officers, not killing the bystander, and achieving the effect of maximizing its effectiveness
US7194960B2Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-27PEPPERBALL TECH
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Patents(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
PEPPERBALL TECH
Publication Date
2007-03-27
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Projectile systems are provided herein employing an inhibiting and / or marking substance for impairing / marking a living target, such as a human or animal target. In preferred embodiments, the projectile system includes a generally frangible projectile that is optimally filled to at least about 50%, with the substance to be delivered to the target, such that the substance is radially dispersed into a cloud upon impact. In one implementation, the substance delivered comprises a powdered inhibiting substance, such as a powdered pepper. In one implementation, the powdered inhibiting substance comprises a substance having one or more capsaicinoids.
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[0001] This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10 / 382,295, filed Mar. 4, 2003 now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10 / 146,013, filed May 14, 2002 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,546,874, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09 / 289,258, filed Apr. 9, 1999 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,393,992, which is a Continuation-In-Part (CIP) of application Ser. No. 08 / 751,709, filed Nov. 18, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,965,839, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to a non-lethal projectile system and, more particularly to non-lethal projectiles that deliver an inhibiting and / or marking substance to a target, especially a living target. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to non-lethal projectile systems including a capsule, most preferably a generally spherical capsule, containing an inhibiting and / or marking substance, and tactical methods for using the...

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